University of Rochester Timelines

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• Lionel McKenzie, Economics, receives William H. Riker University Award for Graduate Teaching (1988)
  1988
• Lonnie Mitchell is appointed as both the director of the newly-formed Center for Afro-American Studies and as a professor of psychology (1970)
  1970
• Loretta Ford, co-founder of the nurse practitioner movement, is recruited as founding dean of the newly-independent School of Nursing (1972)
  1972
• Louis C. Lasagna Professorship in Clinical Pharmacology is endowed (1986)
  1986
• Lovejoy Hall dedicated (1954)
  1954
• M. Elizabeth Marsh earns a doctoral degree in physiology of nutrition: the first woman awarded a Ph.D. at the University (1927)
  1927
• M. Herbert Eisenhart elected Chair of the Board of Trustees (1945)
  1945
• Marcus Alexis is hired as an Associate Professor of Business Administration (1962), the first Black faculty member on the River Campus.
  1962
• Marion Warren Fry is the first women to elected to the University's Board of Trustees and serves until 1958. (1943)
  1943
• Mark Scatterday is appointed conductor of the Eastman Wind Ensemble (2002)
  2002
• Martin Brewer Anderson is inaugurated as the University's first President (1854)
  1854
• Mary Steichen Calderone '39M, first medical director of Planned Parenthood, is inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame (1998)
  1998
• Mees Observatory opens (1965)
  1965
• Meliora Hall opens (1973)
  1973
• Meliora Weekend is established (2001)
  2001
• Mercer Brugler elected Chair of the Board of Trustees (1967)
  1967
• Meredith Brown Skelton Memorial stained glass window
  1930
• Meridian Marker on the Eastman Quadrangle is installed to mark the philanthropy of George Eastman on the centennial of his birth (1954)
  1954
• Merle Spurrier Gymnasium is dedicated (1974)
  1974
• Michael Gottlieb '73M publishes the first report describing patients with the disease which will be known as AIDS (1981)
  1981
• Midnight Ramblers vocal group forms (1998)
  1998
• Miller Center opens across from the Eastman Theatre on Gibbs Street (1988)
  1986
• Miner Medical Library is renovated and expanded (1987)
  1987
• Moshe Lubin brings together Rochester scientists to explore laser science initiatives. (1965)
  1965
• Munro Hall, a dormitory for the College for Women, opens on the Prince Street Campus (1939)
  1939
• Nan Johnson co-founds and is the first director of the Susan B. Anthony Center for Women's Leadership (1995)
  1995
• Naomi Hooker Chamberlain is appointed Coordinator of Community Services for the Rehabilitation Center at URMC (1963)
  1963
• Nora Bredes is named Director of the Susan B. Anthony Center for Women's Leadership (1999)
  1999
• Omega is converted to a 60-beam laser, capable of producing 30 kilojoules of ultraviolet laser light (1995)
  1995
• OMEGA laser at the Laser Laboratory for Laser Energetics begins an upgrade (1992)
  1992
• On May 1, Sigma Chi fraternity holds its first "Derby Day." (1965)
  1965
• Patrick Barry House becomes a University property (1963)
  1963
• Pedestrian bridge connecting the campus with Rochester’s 19th Ward opens (1991)
  1991
• Peter Lyman Tennis Center is dedicated (1998)
  1998
• Phi Beta Kappa charter is granted (1886)
  1886
• Philip S. Bernstein Professorship in Jewish Studies is established (1974)
  1974
• Pioneering dental researchers publish their studies on the use of fluoride to prevent dental cavities. (1939)
  1939
• Plutzik Poetry Reading Series begins (1962)
  1962
• Premiere concert of the Cutler Union Chamber Music Series (1960)
  1960
• Presidential Diversity Awards (2010)
  2010
• Presidential Diversity Awards (2011)
  2011
• Professor Charles W. Dodge establishes the Department of Biology (1890)
  1890
• Professor of English Kathrine Koller becomes the first woman to head a major academic department at the University of Rochester. (1946)
  1946
• Psi Upsilon Fraternity is established (1858)
  1858
• Raymond N. Ball elected Chair of the Board of Trustees (1952)
  1952
• Recordings of Civil War music by Frederick Fennell and the Eastman Wind Ensemble are featured in Ken Burns's film The Civil War (1990)
  1990
• Researchers begin assembling and testing cinefluorography--the first motion picture X-rays. (1947)
  1947
• Reynolds Laboratory opens for use by the Chemistry department (1887)
  1887
• Richard Feldman is appointed interim President by the Board of Trustees (2018)
  2018
• Robert B. Goergen elected Chair of the Board of Trustees (1991)
  1991
• Robert F. Kennedy speaks in Strong Auditorium; Campus Young Republicans protest the appearance. (1964-09-29)
  1964-09-29
• Robert Freeman appointed Director of the Eastman School of Music (1972)
  1972
• Robert L. Sproull is installed as Rochester's seventh president (1975)
  1975
• Robert Ward, 1939M, wins the Pulitzer Prize for Music. (1962)
  1962
• Rochester and seven other universities join to form the UAA (University Athletic Association) (1986)
  1986
• Rochester hosts first Rochester International Conference on Coherence and Quantum Optics. (1960)
  1960
• Rochester receives NSF grant to demonstrate laser technology to faculty at other universities. (1962)
  1962
• Rochester's business school is named in honor of former Secretary of the Treasury William E. Simon. (1986)
  1986
• Rocky the University mascot makes his debut (2008)
  2008-02-01
• Ronald Rettner Hall for Media Arts and Innovation is dedicated (2013)
  2013
• Rufus Adams Sibley elected Chair of the Board of Trustees (1902)
  1902
• Rush Rhees is inaugurated as the University's third President (1900)
  1900
• Sage Dining Hall is named and dedicated for William Sage. It opened in 1963. (1966)
  1966
• SALSA, the College’s Spanish and Latino Students’ Association, is formed in November by Edward Chafart (1987)
  1987
• Sarah C. Mangelsdorf is inaugurated as the 11th President of the University (2019)
  2019
• School of Business Administration established; John M. Brophy is appointed first Director (1958)
  1958
• Sesquicentennial: The University celebrates its 150th anniversary (2000)
  2000
• Sevin Yeltekin appointed as the 8th Dean of the Simon School of Music (2020)
  2020
• Sibley Hall opens (1876)
  1876
• Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity is established (1967)
  1967
• Simon Tuska (Class of 1856), the first Jewish student to attend the University of Rochester, writes "A Stranger in the Synagogue," the first work published by a student or alumnus (1854)
  1854
• Six Rochester alumni are killed in the September 11 attacks (2001-09-11)
  2001-09-11
• Stanton/Anthony Conversations Series begins (1995)
  1995
• Statement of Educational Philosophy (2005)
  2005
• Statue of President Anderson is moved from the Prince Street Campus and placed between the Burton and Crosby Residence Halls (1955)
  1955
• Steven Chu '70 shares the 1997 Nobel Prize in physics (1997)
  1997
• Strong Memorial Hospital acquires its first heart-lung machine. (1957)
  1957
• Strong Memorial Hospital opens (1926)
  1926
• Susan B. Anthony Center for Women's Studies established (1986)
  1986
• Susan B. Anthony Professorship is established (1983)
  1983
• Take Five Program created  (1986)
  1986
• The “White Report” commissioned by the Board of Trustees to investigate the EEOC Complaint is issued  (2018)
  2018
• The 5000th PhD is awarded (1986)
  1986
• The administration building is renamed in honor of President W. Allen Wallis (1998)
  1998
• The Black Students Union lead a six-day takeover of the 3rd and 4th floors of the Frederick Douglass Building... (1969)
  1969
• The Black Students’ Union and Pan-Afrikan Graduate Students’ Association issue "Special Report: An Assessment of the University of Rochester" (1983-07-01)
  1983-07-01
• The Campaign for the ’90s surpasses its goal of $375 million (1996)
  1996
• The Cancer Center is renamed the James P. Wilmot Cancer Center (2000)
  2000
• The Centennial Ode, with words by Professor of English John Rothwell Slater and music by Howard Hanson is performed at a celebration of the 100th anniversary of the University (1950)
  1950
• The Class of 2021 scores in the 97th percentile for the SAT – 11 points higher than 2005 (2017)
  2017
• The College Diversity Roundtable (CDR) is founded (1999-11-16)
  1999-11-16
• The College for Men's theatre group, "The Quilting Club," begins putting on an annual original musical show (1940)
  1940
• The College for Women is established and the University becomes coordinate, with separate classrooms and facilities for men and women (1913)
  1913
• The College's Korean American Student's Association (KASA) is founded (1980)
  1980
• The Croceus and Interpres yearbooks merge (1942)
  1942
• The Culture of Narcissism by Christopher Lasch, History, is published (1979)
  1979
• The Eastman Dental Center becomes part of the Medical Center (1998)
  1998
• The Eastman School offers a new degree, Doctor of Musical Arts, one of the first of its kind in the country. (1953)
  1953
• The Eastman Theatre opens on September 4 (1922)
  1922
• The Eaves Report (Faculty Senate Ad Hoc Report on Minority Graduate and Faculty recruitment and retention Issues) is submitted (1992)
  1992